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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6844303.ece
Tuff talk. First time I've ever heard such brutal Darwinism applied to the poor panda.
The BBC wildlife expert Chris Packham has questioned the millions spent trying to save the giant panda from extinction and suggested that the bamboo-eating bear should be allowed to die out "with a degree of dignity".
The zoologist, who has replaced Bill Oddie as a presenter on BBC's Springwatch, risked criticism from wildlife conservationists in an interview with the Radio Times in which he describes the giant panda as a "T-shirt animal" on which too much conservation money is wasted.
"Here is a species that, of its own accord, has gone down an evolutionary cul-de-sac. It's not a strong species," he said.
Tuff talk. First time I've ever heard such brutal Darwinism applied to the poor panda.